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- Trump Shooting Incident Marks Significant Failure in Decades, Says Secret Service Director
Trump Shooting Incident Marks Significant Failure in Decades, Says Secret Service Director
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US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has acknowledged that the agency's failure to protect former President Donald Trump from an assassination attempt on July 13 was its most significant operational failure in decades. Cheatle testified before a congressional committee, stating "On July 13, we failed" and taking full responsibility for any security lapse. The incident occurred when a 20-year-old gunman opened fire on Trump with an AR-style rifle minutes after he began speaking at a campaign event.
What happened in Butler, Pennsylvania, was a double failure: the failure by the Secret Service to properly protect Donald Trump and the failure of Congress to properly protect our people from criminal gun violence.
I don't want to add to the director's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day, but I will be joining the chairman in calling for the resignation.
The one thing we have to have in this country are agencies that transcend politics and have the confidence of independents, Democrats, Republicans, progressives and conservatives.
The notion of a report coming out in 60 days when the threat environment is so high in the United States, irrespective of parties, is not acceptable.
An incident occurred the evening of July 13 at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania. The Secret Service has implemented protective measures and the former President is safe. This is now an active Secret Service investigation and further information will be released when available.
There clearly was a mistake and we will make every effort to make sure that this never happens again.
I will be transparent as possible when I speak with you, understanding though that at times I may be limited in providing a thorough response in this open setting due to associated risks with sharing highly sensitive protective methodologies.
Not only should you resign but if you refuse to do so, President (Joe) Biden needs to fire you because his life, Donald Trump's life, and all the other people who you protect are at risk.
New leadership at the Secret Service would be an important step in that direction.
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sources
- 1.Al Jazeera
- 2.Le Monde
- 3.France 24
- 4.The Guardian
- 5.The Times of India
- 6.CTV News
- 7.CNA News
- 8.BBC
- 9.The Times
- 10.ABC News (Australia)
- 11.Daily Sabah
- 12.ABC News
perspectives
countries
organizations
- 1.United States Secret Service
- 2.Republican Party
- 3.White House
- 4.Democratic Party
- 5.House Committee on Oversight and Accountability
- 6.House of Representatives Oversight Committee
- 7.PepsiCo
- 8.US Homeland Security Department
- 9.Central Intelligence Agency
- 10.Federal Bureau of Investigation
- 11.House Judiciary Committee
- 12.House of Representatives
persons
- 1.Donald Trump
- 2.Kimberly Cheatle
- 3.Thomas Matthew Crooks
- 4.Joe Biden
- 5.James Comer
- 6.Ronald Reagan
- 7.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- 8.Corey Comperatore
- 9.Jamie Raskin
- 10.Michael Turner
- 11.Alejandro Mayorkas
- 12.Mike Johnson